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Reaching out : access to and use of banking services across countries
Beck, Thorsten (contributor) - 2005
"The authors (1) present new indicators of banking sector penetration across 99 countries based on a survey of bank … regulatory authorities, (2) show that these indicators predict household and firm use of banking services, (3) explore the … countries, and (4) relate these banking outreach indicators to measures of firms' financing constraints. In particular, they …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522446
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Bank privatization and performance : empirical evidence from Nigeria
Beck, Thorsten - 2005
-lending activities enjoyed a relatively higher performance. This paper--a product of the Finance Team, Development Research Group …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522688
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Bank supervision and corporate finance
Beck, Thorsten - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523393
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Bank concentration and crises
Beck, Thorsten - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523394
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The impact of bank regulations, concentration, and institutions on bank margins
Demirguç-Kunt, Asli - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523405
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Bank competition, financing obstacles, and access to credit
Beck, Thorsten - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523438
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Bank regulation and supervision : what works best?
Barth, James R. - 2001
The regulatory and supervisory practices most effective in promoting good performance and stability in the banking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523912
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Stock markets, banks, and growth : correlation or causality
Beck, Thorsten - 2001
Analysis of a panel data set for 1976-98 shows that on balance stock markets and banks positively influence economic growth; findings that do not result from biases induced by simultaneity, omitted variables, or unobserved country-specific effects
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523965
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The regulation and supervision of banks around the world : a new database
Barth, James R. - 2001
This new and comprehensive database on the regulation and supervision of banks in 107 countries should better inform advice about bank ewgulation and supervision and lower the marginal cost of empirical research
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524045
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Deposit insurance as private club : is Germany a model?
Beck, Thorsten - 2001
Germany's private deposit insurance scheme with its "clublike" nature, cannot easily be transplanted to countries with weaker institutions. But it offers useful lessons for countries that want to set up a new scheme or reform an existing one
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524074